making the connections to further research
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Making the Connections to Further Research. American University November 15, 2011. The Core Challenge. Funding. Researchers. Finding Funding. Funding Opportunities. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Making the Connections to Further Research
American UniversityNovember 15, 2011
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The Core Challenge
Funding Researchers
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Finding Funding
Funding Opportunities
A global database, packed with 26,000 records of funding opportunities worth an estimated $33 billion, COS Funding Opportunities helps you find grants and fellowships, and other monies form both private and public sponsors. Updated daily!
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• Most comprehensive source for connecting researchers to funding opportunities
• Trusted source for 30 years• From 89 countries • All categories of sponsors, public and private• Funding for many purposes: grants,
fellowships, capital improvements, travel, visiting professors, training and more
What is COS Funding Opportunities ?
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• Activity locations all over the world• Over 11,500 national and international sponsors
including government agencies, private foundations, corporations, non-profit organizations etc…
• Advanced academic and professional work (not financial aid or undergrad scholarships)
• All opportunities are currently available; once a deadline has passed, the record is purged from the database
Scope of Content
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• US Government Agencies – National Institutes of Health (NIH)– US Department of Defense (DoD)– National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Non US Government Agencies– Finland’s Centre for International Mobility (CIMO)– Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
(SSHRC)– Australian Commonwealth Government– UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
(BBSRC) • Private Foundations
– Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation– Hereditary Disease Foundation– Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation– Wellcome Trust
• Academic Institutions– University of British Columbia– Harvard University– Freie Universitat Berlin– Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
• Professional Organizations– American Academy of Optometry (AAO) – College Women's Association of Japan (CWAJ)– Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA)
Selection of Covered Sponsors • Other Non-Profit Organizations
– Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)– Sigma Delta Epsilon/Graduate Women in
Science, Inc.– Center for Science in the Public Interest– Millay Colony for the Arts, Inc.
• Commercial Organizations– DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund– American Express Company– ExxonMobil Corporation– Austrian Broadcasting Company (ORF)
• Multinational Organizations– United Nations (UN)– World Health Organizations (WHO)– Association of Commonwealth Universities
(ACU)– North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• State, Province or Local Government– Fonds Quebecois de la Recherche Sur la Nature
et les Technologies– New South Wales (NSW) Government– New York Public Library
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Distribution by Type of Funding
25.3% Professional Society or Association
24.8% Other, Nonprofit
14.1% Private Foundation
13.7% Federal, US
8.7% National Government, non-US
6.1% Academic Institution
4.1% State, Province or Local Government
2.3% Commercial
0.9% Multinational Organization
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Types of Funding Opportunities
23.3% Research19.1% Training, Scholarship, Fellowship14.9% Prize or Award14.3% Program, Curriculum Development or Provision4.3% Meeting, Conference or Seminar4.1% Visiting Personnel3.5% Travel3.3% Artistic Pursuit3.2% Collaboration or Cooperative Agreement2.6% Postdoctoral Award2.3% Equipment, Materials Acquisition or Facility Use1.8% Contract or Tender1.2% Dissertation or Thesis1.1% Facility Construction or Operation0.9% Publishing or Editorial
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Develop Connections
Scholar Universe
A database of nearly 3 million profiles of scholars and researchers from around the world that helps you find potential collaborators, peer–reviewers, mentors, consultants and experts. Your network is the world’s scholarly community!
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COS Scholar Universe
3 million scholar profiles
Academic/scholarly
community
International scope
Combines editorial controls and scholar
input
Updated by manual and automated processes
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• Nearly 3 million profiles and growing• Global coverage – 75 countries, 2,100 universities • Over 200 disciplines represented• Proprietary disambiguation algorithm to link
people to publications• An aggregated content store is produced from– Public sources, publishers, academic institutions,
integrated web searches
Why Scholar Universe?
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• Scholar supplied information• Researcher’s websites• Content from over 70 CSA-proprietary databases mined for author
publications back to 1990• ABI/INFORM publications dating back to 1985• ERIC dating back to 1990• All ProQuest databases• Indexed information found in publically available sites• PubMed – Author publications back to 1956• Editorial processes are applied to content for validation and
consistency
Content Sources
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Multi-disciplinary – Over 200 disciplines covered
Scope
International in scopeNorth America 57%Europe 29%Asia 6%Australia/New Zealand 5%Mid East 2%Latin America 1%
Medicine 19.0%Applied Science 13.8%Social Sciences 10.9%Humanities 9.9%Natural Science 7.7%Business 7.4%Allied Health 7.0%Engineering 6.2%Arts 5.3%Education 4.0%Law 2.4%Mass Communication 2.0%Agriculture 1.8%Environmental Science 1.7%Architecture 1.0%
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• Contact information including E-mail address• Up-to-date author affiliation • Links to Co-author scholar profiles • Verified publication list (not necessarily a complete list)• Link to scholar’s CV • Link to personal web site • Research Interests • Additional information as available such as
– Grants– Associations– Honors
Extended Profile Content
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Helps researchers • Identify potential collaborators • Establish international collaborations• Make contact with potential mentors• Keep an eye on competitors
Helps institution• Manage faculty research profiles• Keep an eye on other research communities
COS Scholar Universe: Benefits
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Introducing…